Fiction in Translation

'A searing tale of seduction and betrayal, both wryly comic and deeply serious' Sigrid Nunez, National Book Award-winning author of The Friend 'In...

In May and September 1976, two earthquakes ripped through north-eastern Italy, causing severe damage to the landscape and its population. About a t...

NETFLIX SERIES TO BE RELEASED OCTOBER 2022 WINNER OF THE 2020 YOUTH STREGA PRIZE Mencarelli writes with the grace and power of a poet. His words il...

How do you keep a friendship intact, when Alzheimer's has stolen the common ground of language, memory, and experience, that unites you?In brief, s...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BERNARD SHAW PRIZEA woman's life, erupting with brilliance and promise, is fissured by betrayal and the pressures of duty. What...

'To mother is to murder, or close enough', thinks Johanna, as she looks at the spelling of the two words in Norwegian. She's recently widowed and b...

Described as 'a masterpiece' by Stefan Zweig, this extraordinary novel of love, war, ghosts and memory features an introduction by Patti SmithBaron...

Insurance mathematician Henri has his life under control, when a man from the past appears and a shady trio take over the adventure parks equipment...

Áróra becomes involved in the search for an Icelandic woman who disappeared from her home while making dinner, as she continues to hunt for her mis...

A deliciously funny and moving comedy-of-manners about a Chinese father and son's experiences at the height of London's Jazz Age'He was in London -...

Lars Mytting writes with an insight, empathy and integrity few others can match JO NESBOThe Reindeer Hunters is the second in a thrilling historica...

Over a century ago, Rilke went to the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, where he watched a pair of flamingos. A flock of other birds screeched by, and, ...

From helpful elves to an enchanting Nutcracker, rediscover the German Christmas tales behind our most iconic festive traditions*A Daily Express Boo...

One of the greatest translations of all time: Scott Moncrieff's classic version of Proust, published in three volumes. This third volume includes T...

Blind Owl, Sadeq Hedayat's masterpiece, tells the story of a young pen-case painter and his heartbreak. Isolated and alone, he mourns the loss of a...

One of the greatest translations of all time: Scott Moncrieff's classic version of Proust, published in three volumes. This second volume includes ...

Proust's masterpiece is one of the seminal works of the twentieth century, recording its narrator's experiences as he grows up, falls in love and l...

An enchanting selection of Madame dAulnoys seventeenth-century French fairy tales, interpreted by contemporary visual artist Natalie FrankMarie-Cat...

Klaus Merz is one of the most prominent, prolific, and versatile Swiss writers working today. Celebrated as a master of concise, condensed sentence...

Klotsvog is a novel about being Jewish in the Soviet Union and the historical trauma of World War IIand its a novel about the petty dramas and demo...

Ciccio already has many problems: romantic failure, an older brother who seems intent on breaking the heart of every beautiful woman in Sao Paulo, ...

International Booker-longlisted author Clemens Meyer returns with Dark Satellites, a striking collection of stories about marginal characters in co...

When a woman fails to return from a retreat in Italy, investigative journalist Henning Juul discovers that she never left Oslo and her disappearan...

From one of China's foremost authors, Jia Pingwa's Happy Dreams is a powerful depiction of life in industrializing contemporary China, in all its h...

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SIX FOUR: A TENSE INVESTIGATION IN THE AFTERMATH OF AN AIR DISASTER - FOR FANS OF SPOTLIGHT AND AFTER T...

Inspired by the authors experience living among Chinese Americans in the United States, The Collected Writings of Sui Sin Far highlights stories of...

Written originally in Me'phaa, First Rain is a selection of poems that emerged from the poet responding to the death of his grandmother who declare...

In the fourteenth century, opportunities for women are limited to the home. But spirited young Madlen finds her calling as assistant to the citys t...

A young woman, who works as a maid for a living, takes her charge out to play in a Parisian garden square. Sitting on a bench, she starts talking t...

The brooding, introverted Count von O arrives in Venice during the carnival in order to escape from his duties and live incognito. But after encou...

Winner of the 2018 Sapir Prize. You need to bribe someone into giving you weed? Don't worry, just step into this court room and call the defendan...

A political thriller set mainly in Estonia during the dying days of the Soviet Union, but also in Russia, Finland and Sweden. It follows a group of...

This poignant novel, beautifully translated by Simon Beattie, was, in Lampe''s words, ''born into a regime where it could not breathe''; he hoped t...

Two men talk in Tokyo. One, a Belgian, is a diplomat. The other, Dutch, is a photographer. What, they wonder, is the real face of Japan? How can th...

In the mid-eighteenth century, as new ideas begin to sweep the continent, a young Jew of mysterious origins arrives in a village in Poland. Before ...

Hailed as a Southeast Asian Gabriel García Márquez for the exuberant beauty of his prose and the darkly comic surrealism of his stories, Eka Kurnia...

Ellen's stopped talking. She thinks she may have killed her dad. Her brother's barricaded himself in his room. Their mother, a successful actress, ...

As clear and relentless as the cold air, Love unfolds over one winter's evening. Single mother Vibeke and her son Jon have just moved to a small, r...